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A pair of local educators will be moving to Butler County Central Office with the start of the 2015-16 school year. Robert Tuck, who is principal at Butler County Middle School (B.C.M.S.), will assume new responsibilities as Instruction Supervisor for middle and high school.

The Morgantown City Council acted to reduce pay for the Morgantown Utilities Board and to correct problems with ordinances covering the various boards in their regular meeting on Thursday, and it selected a new city clerk and two Utilities Board members. Council member Allen Meredith was in the hospital and not in attendance.

What started as a mobile home fire in north Butler County has resulted in the arrest of two individuals for manufacturing methamphetamine. Barry and Sherry Joiner of 6863 Caneyville Road are both facing meth charges after a fire broke out at their mobile home across from the 5th District Fire Department.

Morgantown City Council held its monthly meeting on Thursday night, February 12, at the Eva J. Hawes Expo Center.

With all members of the council present they quickly got down to business. First was recognition of the United Way Award. Ellie Harbaugh, Senior Director of Resource Development at United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc., was on hand to present Mayor Billy Phelps a United Way Award.

Dr. Richard T.C. Wan was appointed by the Butler County Fiscal Court as an Economic Development Ambassador during the January meeting. On Thursday, Dr. Wan was sworn in by Butler County Judge-Executive David Fields at a reception in his honor at the Butler County Extension Office.

The Butler County Board of Education voted to start a process that could lead to a $3 million bond for the high school and heard various reports at their monthly meeting Tuesday at the Butler County Educational Complex.

UPDATE: Sandra Clark and Craig Clark pled guilty to second degree animal cruelty in Butler County Court. The pair was sentenced to 180 days of jail time, must pay the veterinarian bills totaling more than $1,000, paid the Butler County Animal Shelter for housing the animals, and are expected to make a $250 donation to the Shelter.

The jail time and $250 of their fine was suspended under the following conditions:

The city of Morgantown's Industrial Holding Corporation (I.H.C.) met Monday night, December 22, in a called meeting at the Eva J. Hawes Community Building. The I.H.C, which consists of the members of the Morgantown City Council, approved the minutes from the November 13, 2014 meeting. Next, they discussed liability insurance for the I.H.C. board. “We haven’t had any liability insurance for the I.H.C. board,” said Mayor Linda Keown. The council approved the purchase of liability insurance for the I.H.C. board at the cost of $1,679.70 per year.

A familiar face will be leaving the Butler County Courthouse at the end of the year but another one will be taking her place. Butler County Clerk Shirley Givens is retiring at the end of her term on December 31 and longtime deputy clerk Sherry Johnson will be taking over as the new clerk. Both Givens and Johnson - cousins - are veterans of the office.